Author: Tish Rabe
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780679886334
Category : Beards
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Trusted advisor Yertle the Turtle plots to rule over two kingdoms where the kings' beards are prized.
The King's Beard
Author: Tish Rabe
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780679886334
Category : Beards
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Trusted advisor Yertle the Turtle plots to rule over two kingdoms where the kings' beards are prized.
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780679886334
Category : Beards
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Trusted advisor Yertle the Turtle plots to rule over two kingdoms where the kings' beards are prized.
The National Magazine: Devoted to Literature, Art, and Religion
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Languages : en
Pages : 1178
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Pages : 1178
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Harvard Oriental Series
Author: Buddhaghosa
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Category : Sanskrit literature
Languages : en
Pages : 382
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Category : Sanskrit literature
Languages : en
Pages : 382
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The Boy's Yearly Book
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Category : Children's literature, English
Languages : en
Pages : 348
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Category : Children's literature, English
Languages : en
Pages : 348
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The National Magazine
Author: Abel Stevens
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Category : American essays
Languages : en
Pages : 594
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Category : American essays
Languages : en
Pages : 594
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The Spirit of Buddhist Meditation
Author: Sarah Shaw
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300210450
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 277
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Is it possible to capture the spirit of Buddhist meditation, which depends so much upon silence and unspoken wisdom? Can this spirit be found after two millennia? This wise and reassuring book reminds us that the Buddhist meditative tradition, geared to such concerns from its inception, has always been transmitted through texts. A great variety of early writings—poems, stories, extended practical guides, commentaries, and chants—were purposely designed to pass teachings on from one generation to the next. Sarah Shaw, a longtime practitioner and teacher of Buddhism, investigates a wide and varied range of ancient and later Buddhist writings on meditation. Many of these texts are barely known in the West but, as the author shows, they can be helpful, moving, and often very funny. She begins with early texts of the Pali canon—those that describe and involve the Buddha and his followers teaching meditations—and moves on to “commentaries,” with their copious range of practical tips, anecdotes, and accounts of early meditators. The author then considers other early texts that were inspirational as Buddhist traditions spread through India and on to China, Korea, Japan, and Tibet. Centuries after being written, early Buddhist texts have lost none of their relevance, this authoritative book shows. In a tradition characterized by flexibility and mobility, these writings offer wisdom unchanged by time.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300210450
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
Is it possible to capture the spirit of Buddhist meditation, which depends so much upon silence and unspoken wisdom? Can this spirit be found after two millennia? This wise and reassuring book reminds us that the Buddhist meditative tradition, geared to such concerns from its inception, has always been transmitted through texts. A great variety of early writings—poems, stories, extended practical guides, commentaries, and chants—were purposely designed to pass teachings on from one generation to the next. Sarah Shaw, a longtime practitioner and teacher of Buddhism, investigates a wide and varied range of ancient and later Buddhist writings on meditation. Many of these texts are barely known in the West but, as the author shows, they can be helpful, moving, and often very funny. She begins with early texts of the Pali canon—those that describe and involve the Buddha and his followers teaching meditations—and moves on to “commentaries,” with their copious range of practical tips, anecdotes, and accounts of early meditators. The author then considers other early texts that were inspirational as Buddhist traditions spread through India and on to China, Korea, Japan, and Tibet. Centuries after being written, early Buddhist texts have lost none of their relevance, this authoritative book shows. In a tradition characterized by flexibility and mobility, these writings offer wisdom unchanged by time.
American Journal of Numismatics and Bulletin of the American Numismatic and Archaeological Society
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Category : Numismatics
Languages : en
Pages : 256
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Category : Numismatics
Languages : en
Pages : 256
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The Land of the Elephant Kings
Author: Paul J. Kosmin
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674728823
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 440
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A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year The Seleucid Empire (311–64 BCE) was unlike anything the ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern worlds had seen. Stretching from present-day Bulgaria to Tajikistan—the bulk of Alexander the Great’s Asian conquests—the kingdom encompassed a territory of remarkable ethnic, religious, and linguistic diversity; yet it did not include Macedonia, the ancestral homeland of the dynasty. The Land of the Elephant Kings investigates how the Seleucid kings, ruling over lands to which they had no historic claim, attempted to transform this territory into a coherent and meaningful space. “This engaging book appeals to the specialist and non-specialist alike. Kosmin has successfully brought together a number of disparate fields in a new and creative way that will cause a reevaluation of how the Seleucids have traditionally been studied.” —Jeffrey D. Lerner, American Historical Review “It is a useful and bright introduction to Seleucid ideology, history, and position in the ancient world.” —Jan P. Stronk, American Journal of Archaeology
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674728823
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year The Seleucid Empire (311–64 BCE) was unlike anything the ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern worlds had seen. Stretching from present-day Bulgaria to Tajikistan—the bulk of Alexander the Great’s Asian conquests—the kingdom encompassed a territory of remarkable ethnic, religious, and linguistic diversity; yet it did not include Macedonia, the ancestral homeland of the dynasty. The Land of the Elephant Kings investigates how the Seleucid kings, ruling over lands to which they had no historic claim, attempted to transform this territory into a coherent and meaningful space. “This engaging book appeals to the specialist and non-specialist alike. Kosmin has successfully brought together a number of disparate fields in a new and creative way that will cause a reevaluation of how the Seleucids have traditionally been studied.” —Jeffrey D. Lerner, American Historical Review “It is a useful and bright introduction to Seleucid ideology, history, and position in the ancient world.” —Jan P. Stronk, American Journal of Archaeology
Philip Ardagh's Book of Kings, Queens, Emperors and Rotten Wart-Nosed Commoners
Author: Philip Ardagh
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 1447212010
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Philip Ardagh's Book of Kings, Queens, Emperors and Rotten Wart-Nosed Commons is hilarious collection of fantastic trivia and amazing facts about royalty and rulers of all kinds throughout history, all from the very witty pen of Philip Ardagh. PARP!" Pssst! Do you know the story about Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603) and the, er, farting courtier? One day, when bowing low to Her Majesty, the Earl of Oxford couldn't help but break wind. The poor man felt SO embarrassed that he left the court - and some say the country - for SEVEN years. Upon his return, after such a long absence, the first thing Good Queen bess said on seeing him was, "Lord, I had forgot the fart!
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 1447212010
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Philip Ardagh's Book of Kings, Queens, Emperors and Rotten Wart-Nosed Commons is hilarious collection of fantastic trivia and amazing facts about royalty and rulers of all kinds throughout history, all from the very witty pen of Philip Ardagh. PARP!" Pssst! Do you know the story about Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603) and the, er, farting courtier? One day, when bowing low to Her Majesty, the Earl of Oxford couldn't help but break wind. The poor man felt SO embarrassed that he left the court - and some say the country - for SEVEN years. Upon his return, after such a long absence, the first thing Good Queen bess said on seeing him was, "Lord, I had forgot the fart!
The Stories of the Kings of Norway Called the Round World (Heimskringla)
Author: Snorri Sturluson
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Category : Iceland
Languages : en
Pages : 628
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Category : Iceland
Languages : en
Pages : 628
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